Honouring and Remembering British Police Officers who Lost their Lives in the Line of Duty ~ Lest we Forget

Lest we Forget

Northern Ireland's Sacrifice

ROLL OF HONOUR

In remembrance of those members of Northern Ireland Police Forces who have been killed by criminal acts of violence, showing the county or city, the method of killing and the type of incident, in which they died since 1826.

Police Force

Year

Rank

Name

County/City

Method

Incident

Ulster County Constabulary

1826

Sub-Con

Thomas McKinley

Co. Tyrone

Killed

barracks
attack

1828

Sub-Con

Patrick Cleary

Co. Down

Killed

during an affray

1829

Sub-Con

William West

Co. Antrim

Killed

attempting arrest

1830

Sub-Con

Thompson Morrison

Co. Fermanagh

Shot

during rioting

1832

Sub-Con

Robert Wiggins

Co. Tyrone

Killed

checking suspects

Belfast Police

1827

Const

Thomas Warren

Belfast City

Shot

attempting
arrest

Irish Revenue Police

1836

Const

Stewart

Co. Londonderry

Killed

by mob

Irish Constabulary

1849

Const

Patrick Burke

Co. Down

Shot

at disturbance

1859

Sgt

Robert McClelland

Co. Tyrone

Shot

revenge attack

Royal Irish Constabulary

1872

Sub-Con

Joseph
Morton

Belfast City

Shot

during
rioting

1874

Const

Francis Murphy

Co. Londonderry

Shot

revenge attack

1886

H/Const

William
Gardiner

Belfast
City

Shot

during
rioting

1887

Dist/Insp

Joshua
William
V.
Bernard

Belfast
City

From
Injury

during
rioting

Year

Rank

Name

County/City

Method

Incident

1914

Const

Edward Casey

Belfast City

Assaulted

attempting arrest

1920

D/Sgt

Denis Moroney

Londonderry City

Shot

during rioting

1920

Sgt

Timothy Holland

Co. Armagh

Shot

rebel ambush

1920

H/Const

Samuel Perrott

Belfast City

Stoned

during rioting

1920

Dist/Insp

Oswald Ross Swanzy

Co. Antrim

Shot

off duty

1920

Const

James Munnelly

Co. Tyrone

Shot

rebel attack

1920

Const

Thomas Leonard

Belfast City

Shot

rebel ambush

1920

Const

John Flaherty

Londonderry City

Shot

rebel ambush

1920

Sgt

Samuel Wilfred Lucas

Co. Fermanagh

Shot

rebel attack

1920

Const

Hugh
Kearns

Londonderry City

Shot

chasing
suspects

1920

H/Const

John J. Kearney

Co. Down

Shot

off duty

Year

Rank

Name

County/City

Method

Incident

1921

Sgt

John J. Kemp

Co. Armagh

Bomb

off
duty

1921

Const

Thomas Heffron

Belfast City

Shot

off duty

1921

Const

Michael Quinn

Belfast City

Shot

off duty

1921

Const

Walter H Cooper

Belfast City

Shot

off
duty

1921

Const

Robert A Crook

Belfast City

Shot

off
duty

1921

Const

John McIntosh

Belfast City

Shot

off
duty

1921

H/Const

John Boyd

Co. Down

Shot

attempting arrest

1921

Sgt

John Higgins

Londonderry City

Shot

rebel ambush

1921

Const

Michael Kenny

Londonderry City

Shot

rebel attack

1921

Cadet

Ernest Baran Bolam

Belfast City

Shot

off duty

1921

Cadet

John Beets Bales

Belfast City

Shot

off duty

1921

Sgt

Peter Joseph McDonagh

Co. Tyrone

Shot

rebel ambush

1921

Sgt

Michael Burke

Co. Londonderry

Shot

rebel ambush

1921

Const

James Glover

Belfast City

Shot

rebel ambush

1921

Const

Timothy Joseph Galvin

Belfast City

Shot

rebel attack

1921

Const

Thomas Conlon

Belfast City

Shot

rebel ambush

1921

Const

Michael Gorman

Londonderry City

Suffocated

prison escape

1921

Const

Francis Hill

Belfast City

Shot

rebel
ambush

1922

Const

James Cullen

Belfast City

Shot

rebel ambush

1922

Const

Patrick J. O`Connor

Belfast City

Shot

rebel ambush

1922

Sgt

Christopher P. Clarke

Belfast City

Shot

off
dutty

1922

Sgt

Patrick Joseph Early

Co. Armagh

Shot

rebel ambush

1922

Const

George P.
P. Turner

Belfast City

Shot

rebel ambush

1922

Sgt

John Bruin

Belfast City

Shot

attempting
arrest

1922

Const

John Harvey

Co. Londonderry

Shot

rebel attack

1922

Sgt

Frederick J.
Frizelle

Co. Londonderry

Shot

rebel attack

1922

Const

John Collins

Belfast City

Shot

rebel attack

1922

Const

William Heaslip

Belfast City

Shot

attempting arrest

1922

Const

Henry O`Brien

Belfast City

Shot

rebel ambush

Ulster
Special
Constabulary

Year

Rank

Name

County/City

Method

Incident

1921

S/Con

Robert William Compston

Co. Armagh

Shot

rebel ambush

1921

S/Con

John Cummings

Co. Down

Bomb

rebel ambush

1921

S/Sgt

William Gordon

Co. Fermanagh

Bomb

attack on home

1921

S/Sgt

Samuel Nixon

Co. Fermanagh

Shot

attack on home

1921

S/Con

John Fluke

Co. Armagh

Shot

rebel attack

1921

S/Con

Robert Coulter

Co. Fermanagh

Shot

rebel ambush

1921

S/Con

James Hall

Co. Fermanagh

Shot

rebel ambush

1921

S/Con

George Lyness

Co. Down

Shot

rebel attack

1921

S/Con

Thomas Sturdy

Belfast City

Shot

by sniper

1921

S/Con

Hugh Gabbie

Co. Down

Shot

by two gunmen

1921

S/Con

George Clarke
Graham

Co. Down

Shot

rebel ambush

1921

S/Con

William Lyttle

Londonderry City

Suffocated

prisoner escape

1922

S/Con

Charles McFadden

Co. Tyrone

Shot

rebel ambush

1922

S/Sgt

William James
Dougherty

Co. Monaghan

Shot

rebel ambush

1922

S/Con

James Lewis

Co. Monaghan

Shot

rebel ambush

1922

S/Con

William James McFarland

Co. Monaghan

Shot

rebel ambush

1922

S/Con

Robert William McMahon

Co. Monaghan

Shot

rebel ambush

1922

S/Con

Hector Stewart

Belfast City

Shot

by sniper

1922

S/Sgt

Hugh
French

Belfast
City

Shot

off
duty

1922

S/Con

David
E.
Friars

Belfast City

Shot

off
duty

1922

S/Con

Alexander Kirkpatrick

Co. Londonderry

Shot

by rebel gunmen

1922

S/Con

Samuel Laird

Co. Tyrone

Shot

attack on home

1922

S/Con

George Chittick

Co. Tyrone

Shot

attack on home

1922

S/Con

William Chermside

Belfast City

Shot

on foot patrol

1922

S/Con

Thomas R. Cunningham

Belfast City

Shot

on foot patrol

1922

S/Con

James Harper

Co. Armagh

Shot

rebel ambush

1922

S/Con

David Allen

Co. Down

Shot

rebel ambush

1922

S/Con

Thomas Hall

Belfast City

Shot

in mob attack

1922

S/Con

James Edward Plumb

Co. Fermanagh

Shot

rebel ambush

1922

SHC

Alexander Compton
MC

Co. Armagh

Fall

rebel ambush

1922

S/Con

William Robert
Johnston

Belfast City

Shot

during rioting

1922

S/Con

Robert Cardwell

Co. Armagh

Shot

rebel attack

1922

S/Con

Thomas J. Hunter

Co. Londonderry

Shot

by three gunmen

1922

S/Con

Edward D. Hegarty

Co. Londonderry

Shot

by three gunmen

1922

S/Con

William Thomas McKnight
MM

Co. Tyrone

Shot

rebel ambush

1922

S/Con

Nathaniel McCoo

Belfast City

Shot

mobile patrol

1922

S/Con

Samuel J. Milligan

Co. Tyrone

Shot

attack on home

1922

S/Con

George
Victor
Kidd

Belfast City

Shot

off
duty

Year

Rank

Name

County/City

Method

Incident

1922

S/Con

James Murphy

Belfast City

Shot

by rebel sniper

1922

S/Con

George E. Connor

Belfast City

Shot

by rebel sniper

1922

S/Con

Albert Thomas Rickerby

Co. Fermanagh

Shot

rebel ambush

1922

S/Con

John Megarrity

Belfast City

Shot

rebel ambush

1922

S/Con

Andrew Roulston

Belfast City

Shot

on foot patrol

1922

S/Con

Thomas W. Dobson

Co. Fermanagh

Shot

rebel ambush

1922

S/Con

Thomas Sheridan

Co. Tyrone

Shot

by sniper

1922

S/Con

Thomas Russel

Co. Armagh

Shot

rebel ambush

1922

S/Con

Herbert Martin

Co. Armagh

Shot

rebel attack

1922

S/Con

William Mitchell

Co. Armagh

Shot

rebel ambush

1922

S/Con

Samuel Young

Co. Armagh

Shot

rebel ambush

1922

S/Con

Robert McDowell

Co. Wicklow

Shot

off duty

1922

S/Con

Samuel Hayes

Belfast City

Shot

while off duty

1924

S/Con

William Campbell

Belfast City

Shot

on duty

1942

S/Con

Samuel Hamilton

Co. Tyrone

Shot

by gunmen

1942

S/Con

James Lyons

Belfast City

Shot

attempting arrest

1985

S/C
(Rtd)

William
James
Heenan

Co.
Down

Shot

at
home

1994

S/C
(Rtd)

Samuel
Victor
Montgomery

Co.
Londonderry

Shot

in
public
bar

Belfast Harbour Police

Year

Rank

Name

County/City

Method

Incident

1921

S/Con

Alfred Craig

Belfast City

Shot

by gunmen

1921

Const

John McHenry

Belfast City

Shot

by gunmen

1978

Const

Edward Ferguson

Belfast City

Shot

off duty

Royal
Ulster
Constabulary
GC

Year

Rank

Name

County/City

Method

Incident

1933

Const

John Ryan

Belfast City

Shot

attempting arrest

1933

Const

Charles Sellery Anderson

Belfast City

Shot

attempting arrest

1940

H/Con

Thomas Dempsey

Co. Londonderry

Shot

by constable

1942

Const

Patrick Murphy
KPM

Belfast City

Shot

attempting arrest

1942

Const

Thomas James Forbes

Co. Tyrone

Shot

attempting arrest

1942

Const

James Miller Laird

Co. Tyrone

Shot

ambush

1943

Const

Patrick McCarthy

Belfast City

Shot

armed robbery

1956

Const

John Scally

Co. Fermanagh

Shot

attack on station

Year

Rank

Name

County/City

Method

Incident

1957

Const

Thomas Cecil Johnston Gregg

Co. Armagh

Shot

ambush

1957

Sgt

Arthur James Ovens

Co. Tyrone

Bomb

checking premises

1958

Const

Henry Balfour Ross

Co. Armagh

Landmine

ambush

1961

Const

Norman John C. Anderson

Co. Fermanagh

Shot

off duty

1961

Const

William John Hunter

Co. Armagh

Shot

ambush

1969

Const

Victor William Arbuckle

Belfast City

Shot

during rioting

1970

Const

Samuel Donaldson

Co. Armagh

Bomb

checking vehicle

1970

Const

Robert Millar

Co. Armagh

Bomb

checking vehicle

1971

D/Insp

Cecil James Matthew Patterson

Belfast City

Shot

during rioting

1971

Const

Robert William Alex. Buckley

Belfast City

Shot

during rioting

1971

Const

Robert Fredrick Leslie

Co. Tyrone

Shot

ambush

1971

Const

Cecil Henry Cunningham

Belfast City

Shot

ambush

1971

Const

John Thompson Haslett

Belfast City

Shot

on guard duty

1971

Sgt

Ronald James Dodd

Co. Antrim

Shot

ambush

1971

Insp

Alfred Henry Devlin

Belfast City

Bomb

at station

1971

D/Con

Stanley Corry

Belfast City

Shot

at crime scene

1971

D/Con

William Robert Russell

Belfast City

Shot

ambush

1971

Sgt

Dermot Hurley

Belfast City

Shot

on enquiries

1971

Const

Thomas James Walker Moore

Belfast City

Shot

on enquiries

1972

R/Con

Raymond Frederick Denham

Belfast City

Shot

off duty

1972

Sgt

Peter Gilgunn

Co. Londonderry

Shot

mobile patrol

1972

Const

David John Montgomery

Londonderry City

Shot

ambush

1972

Const

Raymond Norman Carroll

Belfast City

Shot

off duty

1972

Sgt

Thomas Robert Morrow

Co. Armagh

Shot

ambush

1972

Const

William Stewart Logan

Co. Tyrone

Shot

ambush

1972

Const

Ernest McAllister

Belfast City

Bomb

car bomb

1972

Const

Bernard Malachy O`Neill

Belfast City

Bomb

car bomb

1972

Const

Samuel Richard David Houston
QPM

Co. Down

Shot

checking suspect

1972

Const

Robert David Laverty

Belfast City

Shot

ambush

Year

Rank

Name

County/City

Method

Incident

1972

R/Con

Robert John M. Gibson

Belfast City

Bomb

off duty

1972

Const

Andrew Gordon Harron
QPM

Belfast City

Shot

chasing suspects

1972

R/Con

Joseph Calvin

Co. Fermanagh

Car Bomb

off duty

1972

A/Const

Robert Keys

Co. Fermanagh

Rocket

at station

1972

Const

James Alexander Nixon

Belfast City

Shot

off duty

1972

Const

George Chambers

Co. Armagh

Shot

ambush

1973

R/Con

Henry James Sandford

Co. Tyrone

Landmine

on mobile patrol

1973

Const

Mervyn Samuel Wilson

Co. Londonderry

Car Bomb

on private car

1973

Sgt

David William Dorsett

Co. Antrim

Car Bomb

going off duty

1973

Const

Charles Hamilton Morrison

Co. Tyrone

Shot

ambush

1973

Const

William Raymond Wylie
QPM

Co. Antrim

Shot

suspect car
check

1973

A/Const

Ronald Macauley
QPM

Co. Antrim

Shot

suspect car
check

1973

Const

David Purvis

Co. Fermanagh

Shot

on foot patrol

1973

R/Con

William John McElveen

Co. Armagh

Shot

off duty

1973

R/Con

William Edward Campbell

Belfast City

Shot

on foot patrol

1973

D/Con

John Doherty

Co. Donegal

Shot

off duty

1973

Const

Robert Megaw

Co. Armagh

Shot

on mobile patrol

1973

D/Con

George Maurice Rolston

Co. Down

Car Bomb

off duty

1973

Const

Michael Joseph Logue

Belfast City

Shot

at robbery scene

1974

R/Con

John Molyneaux Rodgers

Co. Antrim

Shot

on foot patrol

1974

R/Con

William Raymond Baggley

Co. Londonderry

Shot

on foot patrol

1974

Const

Thomas Ian McClinton

Belfast City

Shot

on foot patrol

1974

Const

Cyril John Wilson

Co. Armagh

Shot

on mobile patrol

1974

Sgt

Frederick Robinson

Co. Antrim

Car Bomb

off duty

1974

A/Const

Thomas George McCall

Co. Armagh

Shot

at security barrier

1974

Const

Brian Edmund Bell

Belfast City

Shot

on foot patrol

1974

Const

John Malcolm Ross

Belfast City

Shot

on foot patrol

1974

Const

John Harrison Forsythe

Co. Armagh

Bomb

suspect parcel

1974

Sgt

Daniel Joseph O`Connor

Belfast City

Shot

on parade duty

1974

D/Insp

Peter Augustine Flanagan

Co. Tyrone

Shot

licensed premises

1974

Insp

William Elliot
QPM

Co. Antrim

Shot

attempting arrest

1974

R/Con

Arthur Sterling Henderson

Co. Tyrone

Bomb

suspect car
check

1974

Const

Robert William Forde

Co. Armagh

Bomb

at crime scene

1974

Const

David James Alexander McNeice

Co. Armagh

Shot

at crime scene

1975

Sgt

George Coulter

Co. Tyrone

Shot

on mobile patrol

1975

WR/Con

Mildred Ann Harrison

Co. Down

Bomb

on foot patrol

1975

Const

Paul Radcliffe Gray

Co. Londonderry

Shot

on foot patrol

Year

Rank

Name

County/City

Method

Incident

1975

Const

Noel Saunderson Davis

Co. Londonderry

Car Bomb

suspect car
check

1975

D/Con

Andrew Johnston

Co. Armagh

Bomb

at crime scene

1975

Const

Robert John McPherson

Co. Londonderry

Shot

checking suspects

1975

D/Con

David Smyth Love

Co. Londonderry

Bomb

at crime scene

1975

R/Con

Andrew Alexander Baird

Co. Armagh

Bomb

at security barrier

1975

R/Con

Joseph James Clements

Co. Tyrone

Landmine

emergency call

1975

R/Con

Samuel John Clarke

Co. Tyrone

Shot

on mobile patrol

1975

Sgt

Patrick Maxwell

Co. Tyrone

Shot

on mobile patrol

1976

R/Con

William James Clifford Evans

Co. Londonderry

Shot

on mobile patrol

1976

Insp

George Mclean Bell

Belfast City

Bomb

checking firearm

1976

D/Con

Neville Cummings

Belfast City

Bomb

checking firearm

1976

Sgt

James William Blakely

Belfast City

Shot

on foot patrol

1976

Insp

William Henry Murtagh

Belfast City

Shot

on foot patrol

1976

R/Con

William George Victor Hamer

Co. Londonderry

Shot

on foot patrol

1976

R/Con

William Ronald Crooks

Co. Tyrone

Shot

on mobile patrol

1976

R/Con

Thomas Henry Evans

Co. Fermanagh

Bomb

at crime scene

1976

R/Con

Francis Joseph Kettyles

Co. Fermanagh

Bomb

at crime scene

1976

Sgt

Henry Francis Keys

Co. Fermanagh

Bomb

at crime scene

1976

Sgt

James Hunter

Co. Down

Shot

on mobile patrol

1976

R/Con

Kenneth David Nelson

Co. Tyrone

Shot

off duty

1976

Const

John William Anthony McCambridge

Co. Tyrone

Shot

off duty

1976

D/Con

Ronald Edwin McAdam

Belfast City

Shot

off duty

1976

WR/Con

Linda Emmeline Baggley

Londonderry City

Shot

on foot patrol

1976

A/Const

Thomas Cush

Co. Armagh

Shot

at security barrier

1976

Const

James Jude Heaney

Belfast City

Shot

off duty

1976

Sgt

Albert Craig

Co. Armagh

Shot

on foot patrol

1976

R/Con

Arthur McKay

Co. Londonderry

Bomb

suspect car
check

1976

D/Con

Noel Michael McCabe
QGM

Belfast City

Shot

on mobile patrol

1976

R/Con

Joseph Scott

Co. Tyrone

Shot

off duty

1976

Const

Norman Windsor Hanna Campbell

Co. Armagh

Shot

at security barrier

1976

R/Con

Samuel Graham Armour

Co. Londonderry

Car Bomb

off duty

1977

R/Con

William James Greer

Co. Antrim

Car Bomb

off duty

1977

D/Con

Patrick Liam McNulty

Londonderry City

Shot

off duty

1977

R/Con

Robert James Harrison

Co. Down

Shot

at crime scene

Year

Rank

Name

County/City

Method

Incident

1977

R/Con

Samuel McKane

Co. Antrim

Shot

going off duty

1977

Insp

James Harold Cobb

Co. Armagh

Shot

at security barrier

1977

Sgt

Joseph Patrick Campbell

Co. Antrim

Shot

at station

1977

Const

William David Brown
QGM

Co. Fermanagh

Shot

on mobile patrol

1977

Const

John Thompson McCracken

Co. Londonderry

Shot

suspect car
check

1977

Const

Kenneth William Sheehan

Co. Londonderry

Shot

suspect car
check

1977

R/Con

Robert George North

Co. Tyrone

Shot

off duty

1977

Const

Samuel Dereck Davison

Co. Tyrone

Shot

on mobile patrol

1977

Const

Kenneth Norman Lynch

Co. Tyrone

Shot

on mobile patrol

1977

R/Con

Hugh Henry Martin

Co. Tyrone

Shot

on mobile patrol

1977

R/Con

David James Morrow

Co. Tyrone

Shot

on patrol

1978

R/Con

Gordon Hedley Crothers

Co. Down

Bomb

in hotel

1978

Const

Charles Malcolm Simpson

Londonderry City

Shot

on mobile patrol

1978

R/Con

John Wilson Moore

Co. Antrim

Landmine

off duty

1978

Const

Laird Millar McAllister

Co. Antrim

Shot

off duty

1978

R/Con

Robert Albert James Struthers

Londonderry City

Shot

off duty

1978

A/Const

William Herbert Turbitt

Co. Armagh

Shot

on mobile patrol

1978

Const

Hugh McConnell

Co. Armagh

Shot

on mobile patrol

1978

R/Con

Jacob Rankin

Co. Tyrone

Shot

at station

1978

R/Con

John Lamont

Co. Antrim

Shot

on foot patrol

1978

R/Con

Howard George Donaghy

Co. Tyrone

Shot

off duty

1979

Const

Paul Moore Gray

Co. Down

Bomb

on mobile patrol

1979

R/Con

Robert Archibald Lockhart

Co. Down

Bomb

on mobile patrol

1979

Const

Noel Alexander Webb

Co. Down

Bomb

on mobile patrol

1979

Const

Richard Allen Baird

Co. Down

Bomb

on mobile patrol

1979

D/Con

Norman Samuel Prue

Co. Fermanagh

Shot

on duty

1979

R/Con

David Stanley Wray

Londonderry City

Shot

off duty

1979

R/Con

David Allen Dunne

Co. Armagh

Shot

off duty

1979

Supt

Stanley Hanna

Co. Armagh

Bomb

on foot patrol

1979

Const

Kevin Thompson

Co. Armagh

Bomb

on foot patrol

1979

R/Con

John Henry Scott

Co. Tyrone

Shot

off duty

1979

Const

George Samuel Walsh

Co. Armagh

Shot

on mobile patrol

1979

Const

Derek Kerr Davidson

Belfast City

Shot

at crime scene

1979

Const

John Gerald Davidson

Belfast City

Shot

on mobile patrol

1979

R/Con

Stanley Osborne Hazelton

Co. Monaghan

Shot

off duty

1980

R/Con

Robert James Crilly

Co. Fermanagh

Shot

off duty

Year

Rank

Name

County/City

Method

Incident

1980

R/Con

William David Purse

Belfast City

Shot

on duty

1980

A/Const

Winston John Francis Howe

Co. Fermanagh

Landmine

on mobile patrol

1980

Const

Joseph Rose

Co. Fermanagh

Landmine

on mobile patrol

1980

R/Con

Bernard Montgomery

Belfast City

Shot

off duty

1980

Const

William Stephen George Magill

Belfast City

Shot

at crime scene

1980

R/Con

Frederick Victor Wilson

Belfast City

Shot

off duty

1980

R/Con

William Wallace Allen

Co. Armagh

Shot

off duty

1980

R/Con

Thomas Henry Ernest Johnston

Co. Fermanagh

Shot

going off duty

1981

R/Con

Lindsay Gardiner MacDougall

Belfast City

Shot

on foot patrol

1981

R/Con

James Matthew Stronge

Co. Armagh

Shot

off duty

1981

R/Con

Charles Wilson Lewis

Belfast City

Shot

on foot patrol

1981

R/Con

Alexander Scott

Belfast City

Shot

off duty

1981

Const

Kenneth John Acheson

Co. Armagh

Car Bomb

off duty

1981

Const

Gary Desmond Martin

Belfast City

Bomb

suspect vehicle

1981

Const

Philip Charles Ellis

Belfast City

Shot

on duty

1981

Const

Samuel Vallely

Belfast City

Rocket

on mobile patrol

1981

Const

Mervyn Basil Robinson

Co. Armagh

Shot

off duty

1981

R/Con

Colin Patrick Dunlop

Belfast City

Shot

on duty

1981

R/Con

Christopher Kyle

Co. Tyrone

Shot

off duty

1981

Const

Neal Quinn

Co. Down

Shot

off duty

1981

Const

John Smyth

Co. Tyrone

Landmine

on mobile patrol

1981

A/Const

Andrew Alfred Woods

Co. Tyrone

Bomb

on mobile patrol

1981

Const

William Mark Evans

Co. Tyrone

Bomb

on mobile patrol

1981

Const

Stuart John Montgomery

Co. Tyrone

Bomb

on mobile patrol

1981

R/Con

John Proctor

Co. Londonderry

Shot

off duty

1981

Const

George Alexander Stewart

Co. Down

Shot

off duty

1981

Const

Alexander Beck

Belfast City

Rocket

on mobile patrol

1981

R/Con

Silas Weir Lyttle

Co. Tyrone

Shot

off duty

1981

Const

William Coulter

Belfast City

Bomb

on patrol

1982

Insp

Norman Duddy

Londonderry City

Shot

off duty

1982

Sgt

David Brown

Belfast City

Shot

off duty

Year

Rank

Name

County/City

Method

Incident

1982

Const

Samuel Alan Victor Caskey

Londonderry City

Shot

on foot patrol

1982

D/Con

David Reginald Reeves

Londonderry City

Bomb

at crime scene

1982

R/Con

John Eagleson

Co. Tyrone

Shot

off duty

1982

R/Con

Charles Crothers

Londonderry City

Shot

off duty

1982

Const

Paul Hamilton

Co. Armagh

Bomb

on mobile patrol

1982

Const

Allan McCloy

Co. Armagh

Bomb

on mobile patrol

1982

Sgt

John Quinn

Co. Armagh

Bomb

on mobile patrol

1982

D/Con

Garry Mervyn Ewing

Co. Fermanagh

Bomb

off duty

1982

R/Con

Samuel Richard Snowdon Corkey

Co. Armagh

Shot

at security barrier

1982

R/Con

Ronald Irwin

Co. Armagh

Shot

at security barrier

1983

Sgt

Eric Brown

Co. Down

Shot

suspect car
check

1983

R/Con

Bernard Alexander Quinn

Co. Down

Shot

suspect car
check

1983

R/Con

John Robinson Olphert

Co. Londonderry

Shot

off duty

1983

R/Con

William Edward Magill

Co. Down

Shot

at station

1983

Sgt

William Gordon Wilson

Co. Armagh

Bomb

on patrol

1983

Const

Thomas Lindsay A. McCormack

Belfast City

Shot

on foot patrol

1983

R/Con

Frederick Thomas Morton

Co. Down

Shot

off duty

1983

Const

Gerald Cathcart

Belfast City

Shot

off duty

1983

R/Con

Colin Herbert Alexander Carson

Co. Tyrone

Shot

at security barrier

1983

Const

John Kevin Wasson

Co. Armagh

Shot

off duty

1983

R/Con

James Ferguson

Co. Down

Shot

on foot patrol

1983

R/Con

William Toome Finlay

Co. Down

Shot

on foot patrol

1983

Const

John Robert Nelson Hallawell

Londonderry City

Shot

on duty

1983

Sgt

Stephen Alexander Neville Fyfe

Belfast City

Bomb

off duty

1983

Insp

John Brian Martin

Belfast City

Bomb

off duty

1983

R/Con

John McFadden

Co. Antrim

Shot

off duty

1983

R/Con

William James Fitzpatrick

Co. Down

Shot

off duty

1983

Const

Paul Gabriel Marian Clarke

Co. Tyrone

Mortar

off duty

1984

R/Con

William Robert Fullerton

Co. Down

Shot

off duty

1984

Const

Thomas John Bingham

Co. Armagh

Mortar

on mobile patrol

1984

Sgt

William Ritchie Savage

Co. Armagh

Landmine

on mobile patrol

1984

Const

Michael William Dawson

Belfast City

Bomb

suspect parcel

1984

R/Con

Trevor George Elliott

Co. Armagh

Landmine

on mobile patrol

1984

Const

William Neville Gray

Co. Armagh

Landmine

on mobile patrol

1984

Const

Michael William Todd
QGM

Belfast City

Shot

attempting arrest

1984

Sgt

Malcolm Alexander White

Co. Tyrone

Landmine

on mobile patrol

1984

Sgt

William Robert McDonald

Belfast City

Bomb

off duty

1985

Sgt

John Francis Gerald Murphy

Co. Armagh

Shot

ambush

Year

Rank

Name

County/City

Method

Incident

1985

Ch Insp

Alexander Donaldson

Co. Down

Mortar

at station

1985

R/Con

Sean Brian McHenry

Co. Down

Mortar

at station

1985

R/Con

Geoffrey Kenneth Campbell

Co. Down

Mortar

at station

1985

D/Sgt

John Thomas Dowd

Co. Down

Mortar

at station

1985

WD/Con

Ivy Winifred Kelly

Co. Down

Mortar

emergency

1985

R/Cont

Paul Hilary McFerran

Co. Down

Mortar

at station

1985

W/Con

Rosemary Elizabeth McGookin

Co. Down

Mortar

at station

1985

Const

David Peter Topping

Co. Down

Mortar

at station

1985

R/Con

Denis Anthony Price

Co. Down

Mortar

at station

1985

Sgt

Hugh Brendan McCormac

Co. Fermanagh

Shot

off duty

1985

R/Con

John William Joseph Bell

Co. Down

Shot

off duty

1985

R/Con

Michael Keith Kay

Co. Down

Bomb

on patrol

1985

Const

David James Ronald Baird

Co. Armagh

Bomb

on mobile patrol

1985

W/Con

Tracy Ellen Doak

Co. Armagh

Bomb

on patrol

1985

R/Con

Stephen George Rodgers

Co. Armagh

Bomb

at station

1985

Insp

William James Wilson

Co. Armagh

Bomb

at station

1985

R/Con

William Archibald Agnew

Co. Londonderry

Shot

ambush

1985

Const

William Robert Gilliland

Co. Fermanagh

Bomb

at station

1985

Insp

Patrick Martin Vance

Co. Down

Shot

off duty

1985

Const

David Hanson

Co. Armagh

Landmine

on foot patrol

1985

R/Con

William James Clements

Co. Tyrone

Shot

at station

1985

Const

George Gilliland

Co. Tyrone

Shot

at station

1986

Const

James Andrew McCandless

Co. Armagh

Bomb

on foot patrol

1986

R/Con

Michael Johnathan Williams

Co. Armagh

Bomb

on foot patrol

1986

D/Con

Derek George Breen

Co. Fermanagh

Shot

off duty

1986

Insp

James Hazlett
BEM

Co. Down

Shot

off duty

1986

Const

David Leslie McBride

Co. Armagh

Bomb

on foot patrol

1986

Const

William Laurence Smyth

Co. Armagh

Bomb

on foot patrol

1986

A/Const

John William McVitty

Co. Fermanagh

Shot

off duty

1986

Const

Theophileus William Charles Allen

Co. Down

Shot

on mobile patrol

1986

Const

Karl
Christopher Blackbourne

Co. Down

Shot

on mobile patrol

1986

Sgt

Peter John Kilpatrick

Co. Down

Shot

on mobile patrol

1986

R/Con

Desmond John Dobbin

Belfast City

Mortar

at station

1986

Const

Derek Ewing Patterson

Belfast City

Shot

off duty

1987

R/Const

Ivan Noble Irvine Crawford

Co. Fermanagh

Bomb

on foot patrol

1987

R/Con

Peter Nesbitt

Belfast City

Bomb

at crime scene

1987

D/Sgt

John Reginald Charles Bennison

Londonderry City

Bomb

at crime scene

1987

D/Insp

George Austin Wilson

Londonderry City

Bomb

at crime scene

1987

R/Con

George Ian Gray Shaw

Co. Down

Shot

at station

1987

R/Con

Frederick Verner Armstrong

Co. Antrim

Shot

on foot patrol

Year

Rank

Name

County/City

Method

Incident

1987

R/Con

Robert James Bennett McLean

Co. Antrim

Shot

on foot patrol

1987

Insp

David John Ead

Co. Down

Shot

ambush

1987

Sgt

Thomas Cooke

Londonderry City

Shot

off duty

1987

Const

Samuel McLean
BEM

Co. Donegal

Shot

off duty

1987

Sgt

Robert Guthrie

Belfast City

Shot

at station

1987

Const

Norman Alexander Kennedy

Co. Antrim

Shot

off duty

1987

D/Con

Ernest Stanley Carson

Belfast City

Shot

off duty

1987

D/Con

Michael Philip Malone

Belfast City

Shot

off duty

1987

R/Con

Winston Gilchrist Finlay

Co. Londonderry

Shot

off duty

1987

R/Con

Edward Armstrong

Co. Fermanagh

Bomb

off duty

1988

Const

Colin James Gilmore

Belfast City

Bomb

on mobile patrol

1988

Const

Clive Graham

Londonderry City

Shot

at road check

1988

D/Con

John George Warnock

Co. Antrim

Car Bomb

going off duty

1988

Const

John Larmour

Belfast City

Shot

off duty

1988

R/Con

Hugh Harold McCrone

Co. Fermanagh

Shot

on mobile patrol

1988

R/Con

William James Monteith

Co. Tyrone

Shot

at security barrier

1989

Const

Stephen Montgomery

Co. Tyrone

Bomb

on mobile patrol

1989

Ch Supt

Henry Alexander Breen

Co. Armagh

Shot

ambush

1989

Supt

Robert James Buchanan

Co. Armagh

Shot

ambush

1989

R/Con

David John Black

Co. Tyrone

Car Bomb

off duty?

1989

Const

Norman Annett

Londonderry City

Shot

off duty

1989

R/Con

Alexander Bell

Co. Antrim

Bomb

on mobile patrol

1989

Supt

Alwyn William Harris

Co. Antrim

Car Bomb

off duty

1989

Const

Michael Frederick Leslie Marshall

Co. Armagh

Shot

on mobile patrol

1990

Insp

Mervyn Derek Monteith

Co. Armagh

Shot

off duty

1990

R/Con

George Alexander Starrett

Co. Armagh

Shot

off duty

1990

Const

Harold John Beckett

Belfast City

Shot

on foot patrol

1990

Const

Gary Carl Meyer

Belfast City

Shot

on foot patrol

1990

Const

William James Brown Hanson

Co. Armagh

Landmine

on mobile patrol

1990

R/Con

David Sterritt

Co. Armagh

Landmine

on mobile patrol

1990

R/Con

Joshua Cyril Willis

Co. Armagh

Landmine

on mobile patrol

1990

Const

Louis Martin Robinson

Co. Down

Shot

off duty

1990

Const

Samuel Todd

Belfast City

Shot

at security barrier

1990

D/Insp

William David Wesley Murphy

Co. Armagh

Shot

off duty

1990

R/Con

Thomas George Taylor

Co. Armagh

Shot

off duty

1990

R/Con

Wilfred Wethers

Co. Armagh

Shot

off duty

Year

Rank

Name

County/City

Method

Incident

1991

D/Con

John Spence McGarry

Co. Antrim

Car Bomb

off duty

1991

Sgt

Samuel Ernest McCrum

Co. Antrim

Shot

off duty

1991

Sgt

Stephen Gillespie

Belfast City

Shot

on mobile patrol

1991

R/Con

Douglas Carrothers

Co. Fermanagh

Car Bomb

off duty

1991

Const

Edward Wilson Spence

Belfast City

Shot

on foot patrol

1991

Const

Eric Clarke

Co. Londonderry

Mortar

mobile patrol

1992

W/Con

Colleen Linda McMurray

Co. Down

Mortar

on mobile patrol

1992

Const

James Rea Douglas

Belfast City

Shot

off duty

1992

R/Con

Alan Corbett

Co. Fermanagh

Shot

at vehicle check

1993

Const

Michael John Ferguson

Londonderry City

Shot

on foot patrol

1993

R/Con

Reginald Williamson

Co. Armagh

Car Bomb

off duty

1993

Const

Jonathan Reid

Co. Armagh

Shot

on foot patrol

1993

R/Con

Brian James William Woods

Co. Down

Shot

ambush

1993

A/Con

William John Andrew Beacom

Co. Tyrone

Shot

on mobile patrol

1993

R/Con

Ernest Frederick Smith

Co. Tyrone

Shot

on mobile patrol

1994

Const

William Johnston Beacom

Belfast City

Rocket

on mobile patrol

1994

Const

John Edward Haggan

Belfast City

Shot

off duty

1994

Const

Gregory William Pollock

Londonderry City

Mortar

on mobile patrol

1995

Const

Arthur Robert James Seymour

Co. Tyrone

Shot

at station

1997

Const

Darren Robert Bradshaw

Belfast City

Shot

ambush

1997

Const

Robert Gregory Taylor

Co. Antrim

Beaten

off duty

1997

Const

Roland John Graham

Co. Armagh

Shot

ambush

1997

R/Con

David Andrew Johnston

Co. Armagh

Shot

ambush

1998

Const

Francis Adrian O`Reilly

Co. Armagh

Bomb

during rioting

2000

R/Con

William Norman Thompson

Belfast City

Vehicle

checking vehicle

Former
RUC
officers
killed
by
acts
of
terrorism
after
leaving
the
service.

Year

Rank

Name

County/City

Method

Incident

1973

D/Con

Ivan
Acheson
Johnston

Co. Armagh

Shot

abducted

1975

R/Con

William
Ambrose
Meaklin

Co. Armagh

Shot

abducted

1977

Sgt

Christopher
Shaw

Belfast
City

Shot

at
home

1977

R/Con

Herbert
John
Anderson

Co. Armagh

Shot

at
work

1979

R/Con

Frederick
John
Lutton

Co.
Tyrone

Shot

at
work

1979

R/Con

James
Wright

Co. Armagh

Car
Bomb

own
car

1980

R/Con

Robert
McCartney
Shields

Belfast
City

Shot

at
work

1981

Const

Thomas
Harpur

Co.
Tyrone

Shot

visiting
house

1982

Insp

Albert
White

Co.
Down

Shot

near
home

1982

R/Con

John
Martin

Co.
Armagh

Shot

at
work

1987

Sgt

Samuel
Gault

Co.
Fermanagh

Bomb

Remembrance
Day

1989

R/Con

Harold
Irvine
Keys

Co.
Donegal

Shot

visiting
friend

1989

Insp

Patrick
Joseph
Gabriel
Mullaly

Belfast
City

Car
Bomb

own
car

1990

R/Con

James
Carrick
Annette
Sefton

Belfast
City

Car
Bomb

own
car

1990

R/Con

Steven
Ernest
Craig

Belfast
City

Shot

in
street

1991

R/Con

Thomas
Edward
C.
Stephenson

Co.
Fermanagh

Shot

at
home

1991

R/Con

Robert
James
Orr

Co.
Armagh

Car
Bomb

own
car

1992

Const

Robert
James
Irvine

Co.
Antrim

Shot

at
home

1993

Const

John
Patrick
Murphy

Belfast
City

Shot

in
hotel
bar

1998

R/Con

Samuel
Cyril
Stewart

Co.
Armagh

Shot

with
his
wife

Police
Authority
Members
and
Employees

Year

Rank

Name

County/City

Method

Incident

1972

Member

William
James
Johnston

Co.
Armagh

Shot

abducted

1976

Member

Charles
Oliver
Eaton

Belfast
City

Shot

at
work

1978

CSO

Norma
Spence

Belfast
City

Shot

civilian
searcher

1978

CSO

Brian
Russell

Londonderry
City

Shot

civilian
searcher

1994

Cleaner

Frederick
Anthony

Co.
Armagh

Car
Bomb

own
car

Police Service of Northern
Ireland

Year

Rank

Name

County/City

Method

Incident

2009

Const

Stephen
Paul
Carroll

Co.
Armagh

Shot

ambush

2011

Const

Ronan Kerr

Co. Tyrone

Car Bomb

own car

2013

Const

Philappa Reynolds

Londonderry

Vehicle

hit by stolen vehicle

Notes

Rank Abbreviations:-

Cadet:

Temporary Cadet, Auxiliary Division

Const/Con/C:

Constable

Ch:

Chief

D:

Detective

Insp/In/I:

Inspector

H:

Head

S:

Special

R:

Reserve

Supt:

Superintendent

Sgt:

Sergeant

W:

Woman

First Names- These are from official records and may differ from the
familiar name in use

Car Bomb -
under car booby-trap bomb

County/City - Shows county where
serving/killed, except - Belfast City which is in County Antrim and Londonderry
City (also known as Derry City) in County Londonderry.

This list contains more than 450
known police deaths in the six counties of Northern Ireland from criminal acts of violence
since
1800; the majority of deaths were
as a result of political violence and terrorist activity.

In
addition,
between 1800 and 1922 there were some 550
known deaths by acts of violence in the Royal Irish Constabulary and its
constituent
forces,
and
the
Dublin
Metropolitan Police, in Southern Ireland while part of the United Kingdom,
the
majority
as
a
result
of
political
violence.